Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 69 > Chapter 2 > Part 2 - Public Safety Answering Points and Dispatch Centers

• Dispatch center: means the same as that term is defined in Section 63H-7a-103. See Utah Code 69-2-102
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Person: means :
       (24)(a) an individual;
       (24)(b) an association;
       (24)(c) an institution;
       (24)(d) a corporation;
       (24)(e) a company;
       (24)(f) a trust;
       (24)(g) a limited liability company;
       (24)(h) a partnership;
       (24)(i) a political subdivision;
       (24)(j) a government office, department, division, bureau, or other body of government; and
       (24)(k) any other organization or entity. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Public agency: means a state government entity, a political subdivision of the state, a special service district, or an entity created by interlocal agreement that provides or has authority to provide fire fighting, law enforcement, ambulance, medical, or other emergency services. See Utah Code 69-2-102
• Public safety agency: means a functional division of a public agency which provides fire fighting, law enforcement, medical, or other emergency services. See Utah Code 69-2-102
• Public safety answering point: means the same as that term is defined in Section 63H-7a-103. See Utah Code 69-2-102
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5